Screens without battles: boundaries, routine, and regulating play

📱🧠 Parenting workshop: Screens, the nervous system & calmer family life Screens are now part of everyday family life, but what drains parents most is often not “screen time” itself, but what comes after: meltdowns, irritability, difficulty sleeping, constant negotiations and the feeling that a child “can’t switch off”. Many parents wonder if they’re being too strict or too lenient, whether they’re causing harm and how to set limits without daily battles. This workshop is for parents who want to: understand what’s happening in the child’s nervous system see the behaviour behind screen‑related reactions (tantrums, withdrawal, “I can’t calm down”) build a realistic structure around screens that fits their family bring back more regulation, play and connection into daily life. We’re not aiming for “ban everything” but for a workable plan: how to set clear rules (when, how long, what content and under which conditions), how to reduce post‑screen dysregulation, and how to use relationship, routines and play to help the child “come back to themselves”. The workshop integrates modern developmental knowledge, a neurofeedback perspective, play therapy, Winnicott’s ideas and a psychodramatic view of family dynamics. Core practical insights: screens offer fast external regulation – the child calms because attention is glued to the content the child is soothed from the outside but doesn’t practise self‑regulation – calm lasts only as long as the stimulus after screens, dysregulation is common: transition problems, frustration, impulsivity, explosions or withdrawal. We will explore, on concrete examples: how to spot early signs of overload before a meltdown why “turning screens off” is such a trigger and how to ease that transition without 30 minutes of bargaining how to set clear rules and rhythms that are realistic for your family what to do immediately after screens to reset the nervous system (short, simple routines) how to use simple forms of play and connection that soothe, with no special props how to talk to a dysregulated child (phrases that help rather than escalate) how to reduce parental guilt and exhaustion while staying consistent and warm. The workshop is experiential and hands‑on: through everyday scenarios, mini exercises and small‑group work you’ll get clear guidelines and “small steps” you can try at home straight away. It’s designed for parents who feel screens have become a daily source of tension and want a clearer way to live with technology, not in constant fight against it.